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高级英语
2
期末考试复习练习
Choose the word or phrase which best
completes each sentence.
1.
There was a great deal of ________ about the
decision of that semi-
barbaric king’s
daughter.
A prediction
B aspiration
C
contemplation
D hesitation
2. The twin
brothers showed great ________ to their elder
sister, who had acted as sole parent to
them since their parents died during
the American Civil War.
A allegiance
B devotion
C
compliance
D admiration
3. The town
maintains very many Chinese tradition which are
among the highest achievements of
those
who created the ________ we now enjoy.
A heritage
B inheritance
C genetics
D estate
4. It’s impossible to _______ these two
points of view because they are too different.
A compromise
B unite
C reconcile
D combine
5. Many countries
in the suburban areas have now succeeded in
________ malarial mosquitoes.
A effacing
B
abolishing
C eradicating
D. alternative
6. The surly insolence of the waiters
drove him into a _____, and he flung her serviette
to the floor
and stalked out of the
restaurant
A rage
B
fury
C indignant
D anger
7. Night
patrols were sent out to engage the enemy in a
series of small _______.
A battle
B fight
C
skirmish
D clash
8.
Ro
bert Smith’s reputation was
established with eth publication of his first poem
in 1938 and
was ______ by his splendid
short stories for children.
A reinforced
B
revived
C obscured
D enhanced
9. By
then the 4-2-1 ________, i.e., the type of family
made up of four helpless grandparents, two
demanding parents and one frustrated
child, will have become commonplace.
A symptom
B
synchronization
C syndrome
D
symbiosis
10. During the Romantic
period it was fashionable in literature to have a
______ outlook on the
world and to turn
one’s back on liveliness and joy
A
depressed
B disconsolate
C lugubrious
D melancholy
11. The exiled lived for years in a
________ state of fear and never reveal their real
identity to the
public.
A lasting
B
permanent
C perpetual
D durable
12.
Arguing world only give further ________ to his
allegations
A substance
B sustenance
C subsistence
D
surveillance
13. The old building has
an ________ air of sadness about it.
A
insurmountable
B insuperable
C intangible
D insufferable
14. His lecture was readily ________ to
all the students.
A intellectual
B intelligen
C
integrated
D intelligible
husband is
an ________ gambler and stay outside all day long.
A
incorrigible
B inconceivable
C incompatible
D
incongruous
16. The old man’s _________
will contribute a lot to his final victory in
fighting against the sea.
A inescapable
B
inexorable
C inevitable
D
inextricable
17. Arriving early gave
him the ________ of an unhurried dinner.
A
right
B liberty
C privilege
D
freedom
18. He is a teacher of high
________ but of little ________ among his
colleagues.
A position, rank
B rank, status
C
status, position
D rank,
position
19. Louisa May Alcott based
the ______ characters of her book Little Women on
her sisters and
herself.
A principal
B
complex
C original
D many
20. Is a
woman to be more highly ________ for her talent or
for her beauty?
A estimated
B
evaluated
C esteemed
D reckoned
21. She did her work _________her
manager had instructed.
B.
until
C. when
D. though
22. _______ of the
twins was arrested, because I saw both at a party
last night.
B.
Both
C.
Neither
D.
All
23. For some time now, world
leaders _______ out the necessity for agreement on
arms reduction.
been pointing
B.
have been pointing
C. were pointing
D. pointed
24. Have you ever
been in a situation ______ you know the other
person is right yet you cannot
agree
with him?
A by which
B. that
C. in where
D.
where
25.
We
’
ve
just
installed
two
air-conditions
in
out
apartment,
_______should
make
great
differences in our
life next summer.
B. what
C. that
D. they
26. AID is said
_________ the number-one killer of both men and
women over the past few years
in that
region.
B. to be
C.
to have been
D. having been
27. She managed to save ______ she
could out of her wages to help her brother.
A.
how little
money
B.
so little money
C.
such little
money
D. what little
money
28. Fool ____ Jane is, she could
not have done such a thing.
B.
as
C. that
D. like
29. The experiment requires more money
than _____.
been put in
B. being put in
been put in
D. to be put in
30. _______
for the fact that she broke her leg, she might
have passed the exam.
A. Had it not been
B.
Hadn
’
t it been
C. Was it not
D. Were it not
31.
“
What courses are you going to do next
semester?
”
“
I don
’
t know. But
its about time _______ on
something.
”
A.
I
’
d decide
B.
I decided
C. I decide
D.
I
’
m deciding
32.
The police have offered a large ________for
information leading to the robbers arrest.
A.
ward
B. compensation
C. prize
D. reward
33. I arrives at
the airport so late that I ______ missed the
plane.
B. quite
C.
narrowly
D. seldom
34.
The popularity of the film shows that the
reviewers
’
fears were
completely ______
ified
B.
unjust
C. misguided
D. unaccepted
35. The head of the Museum was ____ and
let us actually examine the ancient manuscripts.
ing
B. agreeing
C. pleasing
D. obliging
36. The
multinational corporation was making a take-over
_____ for a property company.
A. application
B. bid
C. proposal
D. suggestion
37. The
party
’
s reduced vote was
______ of lack of support for its policies.
tive
B. positive
C. revealing
D. evident
38. There has been a ______ lack of
communication between the union and the
management.
A. regretful
B. regrettable
C. regretting
D. regretted
39. The teacher ________ expects his
students to pass the university entrance
examination
ently
B. proudly
C.
assuredly
D. confidently
40. The ______ family in Chinese cities
now spends more money on housing than before.
B. average
C. usual
D.
general
41.
The
new
colleague
____
to
have
worked
in
several
big
corporations
before
he
joined
our
company.
A. confess
B. declares
C. claims
D. confirms
42. During the
reading lesson, the teacher asked students to read
a few ______ from the novel.
B.
essays
C. fragments
D.
extracts
43. During the summer holiday
season it is difficult to find a(n) _____ room in
the hotels here.
B. vacant
C.
free
D. deserted
44.
The old couple will never ______ the loss of their
son.
over
B. get away
C. get off
D. get across
45. Scientific research results can now
be quickly ________ to factory production.
B. applied
C. tried
D. practiced
46. My daughter
was so _______ in the TV program that she forgot
to turn the microwave oven
off.
A. distracted
ted
ted
sed
47. Tourists are ______ to beware of
pickpockets in the bus.
A. commanded
B. notified
ed
d
48. Before you
start a business, you have to raise the necessary
________.
ment
C.
capital
49. Susan is a
devoted daughter, always very ________ to the
needs of her old parents.
A. attentive
B. observant
C. recurrent
t
50.
These mountaineers will have to
________ severe cold and terrible winds.